Ferdinand Clairborne Latrobe

Historical marker location:

2 N Broadway, Washington Hill, Maryland

( Marker is at the intersection of North Broadway and East Baltimore Street on North Broadway.)

Marker installed: 1914

1833 - 1911.

Maryland was originally intended to be called "Crescentia": Lord Baltimore's original plan was to name the colony after the Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of King Charles I. However, the name was already taken, so he proposed the name "Crescentia" instead. The name was eventually changed to "Maryland" in honor of Henrietta Maria.